Fictional entities

• Nova (fairy), in the American TV series Once Upon a Time
• Nova (Planet of the Apes), a character in Planet of the Apes
• Nova (StarCraft), a fictional character in the StarCraft series and Heroes of the Storm
• Nova (Frankie Raye), a Marvel Comics superhero and a Herald of Galactus
• Nova (Richard Rider), a Marvel Comics superhero, the original Nova and leader of the Nova Corps
• Nova (Sam Alexander), a Marvel Comics superhero, the teenage member of the Nova Corps
• Nova Bright, a character from the movie Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires
• Nova Forrester, a character in Star Blazers
• Nova (Ultra monster)
• Nova 6, a biochemical weapon in Call of Duty: Black Ops
• NOVA, in Kirby Super Star
• Nova, a Magic Knight Rayearth character
• Nova, a Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! character
• Weapon of Mass Destruction Nova, in Mirai Sentai Timeranger
• Nova Terron, a supporting character in Mysticons
• NOVA Laboratories, fictional company that developed the S.A.I.N.T. robots in Short Circuit (1986 film)
• Nova, a character in Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated
• Mira Nova, a character in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Gaming

• N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance , a 2009 video game

Literature

• Nova (novel), by Samuel R. Delany
• Nova 1 through Nova 4, anthologies of original science fiction edited by Harry Harrison
• Nova Awards, UK science fiction award
• The Nova Trilogy , a series of novels by William S. Burroughs
• Nova (Brazilian magazine), a monthly women's magazine
• Nova (UK magazine), a British magazine (1965–75)
• Nova Science Fiction , a Swedish magazine for science fiction
• Nova (tabloid), a weekly Indonesian tabloid

Music

Radio

• Deutschlandfunk Nova, a German radio station
• Nova (radio network), a group of Australian radio stations
• Nova M Radio, an American radio network
• Radio Nova (disambiguation), the name of several radio stations

Television

• Nova TV (disambiguation), the name of several television channels
• Nova (Dutch TV program), a current-events program
• Nova (American TV program), a science documentary series

Companies

• Nova (Greece), a media and telecommunications company
• Nova (Iceland), a telecommunications company
• Nova Bus, a Canadian bus manufacturer
• Nova Measuring Instruments, a provider of semiconductor manufacturing equipment
• Nova Chemicals, a Canadian petrochemical company
• Nova Energy, a division of Todd Corporation
• Nova Entertainment, an Australian company
• Nova Performance Paragliders, an Austrian aircraft manufacturer
• Nova Press, a French media company
• Nova Studios, gay pornographic film studio
• Nova Systems, who run the Nova Systems Space Precinct in Peterborough, South Australia
• Elavon Inc., formerly NOVA, a processor of card transactions and a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp

Political parties

• New Majority (Slovakia)
• New Serb Democracy, Montenegro
• New Party (Serbia)
• Nova–New Future, a Spanish party associated with Sobiranistes

Schools

• Northern Virginia Community College, Virginia, U.S., also known as NoVa
• Nova High School (Redding, California), U.S., a public high school from 1967 to 1991
• Nova High School, Florida, U.S.
• Nova Southeastern University, Florida, U.S.
• The Nova Project, an alternative high school in Washington, U.S.
• Nova (eikaiwa), an English language conversation school in Japan
• NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
• Villanova University, Pennsylvania, U.S., informally known as Nova
  • Villanova Wildcats, the school's athletic program also known by the informal nickname

Other organisations

• Nova – Center for Social Innovation, Spain
• Nova Group (metros), multinational collection of metro systems focusing on international benchmarking, based in London, UK
• NOVA-MBA Association, the global association of Italian MBAs
• Nova Institution for Women, a Canadian federal women's prison
• National Organization for Victim Advocacy, American victims' rights group

Given name and mononym

• Nova (given name), including a list of people with the name
• Nova (singer), a Puerto Rican reggaeton and hip hop singer, part of duo Nova & Jory
• Nova (wrestler), ring name of American pro wrestler Mike Bucci
• Nova (activist), twentieth-century gay liberation activist
• Nova, stage name of Shaheeda Sinckler, winner of the 2020 Scottish Album of the Year Award

Surname

• Aldo Nova (born 1956), Canadian musician
• Debi Nova, stage name of Costa Rican singer-songwriter Deborah Nowalski Kader (born 1980)
• Erika Nõva (1905–1987), Estonian architect
• Heather Nova (born 1967), Bermudan singer, songwriter and poet
• Iván Nova (born 1987), Dominican baseball player
• Stella Nova (1960–2010), British guitarist

Automotive

• Nova Bus, a Canadian bus manufacturer

Spaceflight

• Intuitive Machines Nova-series of lunar landers, see Intuitive Machines Nova-C
• Stoke Space Nova, a fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicle by Stoke Space
• Nova (NASA rocket), a series of proposed NASA rocket designs in the 1960s

Aviation

• Air Nova, a Canadian airline
• Nova Air, an airline based in Mexico City, Mexico
• Nova Airways, a passenger airline based in Khartoum, Sudan
• Nova Airlines AB, operating as Novair, a former Swedish airline
• Nova, a high-altitude ballooning project by CU Spaceflight

Other uses in transportation

• SS Nova, a Cypriot cargo ship
• Nova, a brand of train cars used by TransPennine Express